Whitewater Dreams at G'ville
first, let me share the dream with you...
imagine if, 90 minutes north of New York City, where many outdoor enthusiasts, fishermen, boaters, hikers live, there was a nice park, a place along the Housatonic River that has been cared for, been transformed into a healthy environment for both fish and enthusiasts, a place where, during the low water summer months,when the water was warm and both fish and boaters were looking for places to be, a 100 yard stretch of river were transformed into a playspot for boaters,and a refuge for fish.
picture the possibilities here.
Just under the bridge,to river-right could be a beautiful playspot modeled after T'ville.
Off of the concrete pad, an extention could easilty provide handicapped fishing access.
The granite rubble pile that is currently in the center of the river could be clean up, rearranged into eddies and holes, providing a resting place and oxygen for many species of fish.
A place to teach your children how to kayak or fish, helping to teach them the valuable resource that the river is.
imagine if, 90 minutes north of New York City, where many outdoor enthusiasts, fishermen, boaters, hikers live, there was a nice park, a place along the Housatonic River that has been cared for, been transformed into a healthy environment for both fish and enthusiasts, a place where, during the low water summer months,when the water was warm and both fish and boaters were looking for places to be, a 100 yard stretch of river were transformed into a playspot for boaters,and a refuge for fish.
picture the possibilities here.
Just under the bridge,to river-right could be a beautiful playspot modeled after T'ville.
Off of the concrete pad, an extention could easilty provide handicapped fishing access.
The granite rubble pile that is currently in the center of the river could be clean up, rearranged into eddies and holes, providing a resting place and oxygen for many species of fish.
A place to teach your children how to kayak or fish, helping to teach them the valuable resource that the river is.
posted by Scott Barnes at 9:50 PM
2 Comments:
That spot already looks like a great spot to teach your kids how to kayak or fish. Why not just go find a natural hydrolic to play in rather than messing with natural flow? If playparks in existing rivers have already taught us one thing, its that nature will work against them and break them down over time (sometimes in as little as 2 seasons-look at the reno wwpark). Then you have to get heavy equiptment in there to "fix" your play area, dumping diesel fuel in the river and polluting it further than your destructive rearranging has already done. Sack up and find the natural play spot...it will be worth the effort and more nature friendly.
it's pretty easy to be an anonymous nay sayer, but if you'd pay attentinto the intentions and history of the people around this river, you'd realize that people would like a cheap (relatively) and ecologically friendy way to have some fun during the summer.
The video was taken at 2000cfs ( a rare flow) to demonstrate the POTENTIAL that already exists here. All it would take is the clean up of the rubble pile in the middle of the river. Huge blocks of granite (placed their by manking) are in a giant pile already. If we strategically moved them around we could have low-water play, and the fish could have eddies and refuges. Everyone benefits.
Scott Barnes
Post a Comment
Links to this post:
Create a Link
<< Home